CVE-2024-0296 — A vulnerability has been found in Totolink N200RE 9

A vulnerability has been found in Totolink N200RE 9.3.5u.6139_B20201216 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects the function NTPSyncWithHost of the file /cgi-bin/cstecgi.cgi. The manipulation of the argument host_time leads to os command injection. The attack can b

01What is this vulnerability?

A vulnerability has been found in Totolink N200RE 9.3.5u.6139_B20201216 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects the function NTPSyncWithHost of the file /cgi-bin/cstecgi.cgi. The manipulation of the argument host_time leads to os command injection. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-249862 is the identifier…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Totolink	N200RE	9.3.5u.6139_B20201216

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2024-01-08T04:00:05.092Z
• Last modified: 2025-04-17T18:11:35.742Z

09References

• vuldb.com — https://vuldb.com/?id.249862
• vuldb.com — https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.249862
• github.com — https://github.com/jylsec/vuldb/blob/main/TOTOLINK/N200RE/NTPSyncWithHost/README…